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But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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God's Plan, Not an Excuse
Commentators stress the paradox that the sinful actions of people fulfilled God's predetermined plan. They clarify that God's foreknowledge does not excuse human guilt. Instead, it demonstrates God's sovereignty in overruling human evil to accomplish His ultimate good—the salvation offered through Christ's suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But those things. Namely, those things that actually occurred, pertaining to the life and death of the Messiah.
Had shown.…
Foreshewed (προκατηγγειλεν). First aorist active indicative of προκαταγγελλω, late compound to announce fully beforehand. Only twi…
19th Century
Anglican
Those things, which God before had shewed.—As in Acts 1:16; Acts 2:23, we have again an echo of the method of …
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Baptist
And when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why do you look so earnestly on us, as thoug…
What strikes the reader immediately in the call-to-repentance section of Peter’s sermon is its attitude toward Israel, which in its hopeful outlook…
16th Century
Protestant
And God By this it appears more plainly for what purpose he mentioned ignorance; for when he tells them that God has accomplished those th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But those things which God before had showed In the Scriptures of the Old Testament, concerning the betraying of the…
Observe the difference in the manner of working the miracles. Our Lord always spoke as having Almighty power, never hesitated to receive the greate…
